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紋

紋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

family crest, figures

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • モンJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • あや
Other languages
  • 拼音wen2
  • 拼音wen4
  • 한글mun
  • Hán-ViệtVăn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7D0B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸文

Words using this kanji

  • 紋もん（モン）模様。 （モン）紋所。定紋。家紋。(family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure
  • 紋章もんしょう主に西洋における国家、地方自治体、公的機関、軍隊、学校、氏族、個人などを表す意匠又は図案。紋。 （日本の）家紋、crest, coat of arms
  • 紋切り型もんきりがた紋形を切り抜く型。 決まりきった型。ステレオタイプ。formulaic, stereotyped, hackneyed
  • 紋付もんつきclothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
  • 紋日もんび公認の遊郭で五節句や松の内など特別な日のこと。遊女は必ず客をとり、揚代も高かった。holiday, day on which prostitutes had to receive clients
  • 紋服もんぷくclothing decorated with one's family crest
  • 紋所もんどころそれぞれの家で定まっている紋。家紋。定紋。family crest
  • 紋帳もんちょうfamily crest register
  • 紋本もんぽんfamily crest register
  • 紋々もんもんtattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword), person with a tattoo, pattern, design
  • 紋標もんじるし(family) crest, coat of arms, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 紋白蝶もんしろちょうモンシロチョウの漢字表記。small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
  • 紋章学もんしょうがく家に伝わる紋章（家紋）についての意義、由来、意匠、系譜などについて研究する学問。heraldry
  • 紋織りもんおりfigured textiles
  • 紋黄蝶もんきちょうeastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
  • 紋雀蜂もんすずめばちEuropean hornet (Vespa crabro)
  • 紋殻通もんがらどおしFowler's snake eel (Ophichthus erabo)
  • 紋羽二重もんはぶたえcrest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono), figured habutae
  • 紋殻皮剥もんがらかわはぎclown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
  • 紋甲いかもんごういかkisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas), common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-4
Four Corner
2094.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a4.9
Heisig
1863
Nelson
3507